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  5. 2016-'17 Lineup

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    Larsson and Moulson on the top line, Kane (and Reinhart) on the 3rd line...this is a joke, right?

     

    No, it's an honest attempt to produce three "top lines" (at least from my viewing of it).

    If it makes you feel better, Move 1 or 2 down to 3, and move 3 up to fill the void.

  8. The even randomer thread

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    lol. You know thats not a bad idea. I think I'll put a beer fridge in their new digs. No, my wife keeps a list of chores on our fridge for me that she calls the honey-do list. I thought all you fellas had the same list on your fridges. :blink:   

     

    Nope.  Only WE decide what chores we're going to do.  No WOMAN tells a MAN what to do!

     

    Right, honey?

  9. 2016-'17 Lineup

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    For Reinhart to be a center we would have to make a trade for a winger, for instance Girgs for Duclair or else we'd have a strong middle with mostly mediocrity on the wings.

     

    I understand Duclair isn't having as good a year this year as he did last year.  I don't care; he's shown he has the skill we need.

  10. The "I sometimes break a sweat" thread

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    Posted · Edited by Doohickie

    It's been a while.

     

    I had an awful cold that lingered over three weeks which coincided with some really lousy weather.  I finally got back on the bike yesterday, did 36 miles on my old 3 speed, including the obligatory coffee stop.

     

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    Today I got more ambitious.  I took my 1983 Raleigh Super Course out for a 50 miler.

     

    Coffee stop:

     

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    And then a stop for something colder, since the temps got up into the 80s.

     

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    If I manage a big finish to the year, I can get up to an average of 100 miles per week for the whole year.  To get there I still need over a hundred miles between now and Saturday.

  15. Should Samson Be Sent To Minors?

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    After seeing him play last night, I don't think I want him away from Center when O'Reilly gets back.

    TIme to try rolling out 3 lines then.

    I don't know if that's a good idea, If you throw RoR on a different line and roll three lines, you'd have to break up Kane-Larsson-Gionta and they have been very good especially Kane as of late.  You don't mess with a good thing. 

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    It's a god problem to have- too much center depth.  The beauty is that Reinhart can play wing or center and I think it only behooves the team to get him playing both positions well, then we can replace a top center with a top center if someone gets injured.

  19. Which Defensemen Need To Go?

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    Gorges needs to go.  He's a good guy, a decent physical presence in the corners, but the wheels are gone and his passing is suspect.

     

    Kulikov had a pretty brutal game tonight, but I'm not sure he's the next one I would get rid of. 

     

    If we wait until the end of the season, Franson will be next one gone; he's in the second year of his two-year contract and I don't see him being re-signed.  If GMTM doesn't show Weber any love, I don't think he keeps Franson either.  To me, they're both 6-7 guys that you don't keep if you've got a better option.

     

    I expect Bogo to play better than he's been, but I think he might still be playing with some level of injury.  And maybe that's the knock against him:  He's always playing through some kind of injury.

     

    In the end though I think the next two on the chopping block are the slow ones- Franson and Gorges.

     

    I know they're not stars, but I've been reasonably impressed by Falk and Fedun.  Both seem to have offensive upside; Fedun was getting PP time if I recall correctly, and Fedun almost never hits the closest shot blocker; he either gets it through or shoots it wide to a spot where there's someone down low that can do something with it.  Either way, the high blocker isn't going to turn his shot into a break the other way.

  20. GDT: Buffalo @ Detroit 12-27-2016, 7:56pm est

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    Three best players for the Sabres have to be Kane, Eichel and Lehner.  But I also think Sam had his best game at center.  He had the goal, but defensively I thought he did very well.  Maybe not ROR well, but if he can play that well defensively during Ryan's absence I think the Sabres will be okay.  That line wasn't terribly effective though; Okposo had an inconsistent game and seemed like he had trouble syncing up with Reinhart, and Girgs was largely invisible.  Even so, that line ate up their minutes.  They ended up -1 each though.

     

    I remarked during the game that I liked the game Foligno and Carrier were having.  Both of them were physical presences on the ice, Foligno with the fight and an assist on Eichel's goal, and a lot of good play to maintain possession for the Sabres, and disrupt the Red Wings.  Carrier was a physical force as well, with a team-high 6 hits.

     

    I think the team took a step forward today, managing to win without one of their best players on the ice.  They played inspired, desperate hockey for much of the game, with good positioning that made their active sticks effective.  Detroit didn't have too many periods of sustained offensive zone time.

     

    Still, in the third period, they did lay back a bit once they scored the go-ahead goal.  I really wish this team would go for that extra goal and really put their boot on the opposing team's throat.

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